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Matt Frankel, The Motley Fool
What The 2016 Presidential Election Could Mean For
Social Security
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• In general, Democrats feel that Social Security should be kept as-is in terms of benefits and retirement age, and taxes should be increased to pay for the shortfall.
• On the other hand, Republicans tend to favor benefit cuts or retirement age increases to achieve solvency.
General trends
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However, the 2016 presidential candidates have their own unique
positions…
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• The top-tier Democratic presidential candidates are– Hillary Clinton– Bernie Sanders– Joe Biden
The Democrats
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Hillary Clinton
• Clinton views Social Security as a necessity, and has vowed to defend it
• She favors increasing the payroll cap in order to prolong solvency
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Bernie Sanders• Sanders not only wants to keep
Social Security, he wants to expand it
• He recently introduced a bill that would– Increase benefits by $65 per
month– Increase cost-of-living
adjustments– Set a minimum benefit amount
• He plans to fund this by subjecting all income over $250,000 to the payroll tax
• In addition to increasing benefits, this plan would keep SS solvent until 2060
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Joe Biden
• Biden opposes any type of Social Security privatization
• In the past, he has favored increasing Social Security taxes on the rich in order to keep the system solvent
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• There is no shortage of Republican candidates (over 35 as of August 2015), but we’ll take a look at– Donald Trump– Jeb Bush– Scott Walker– Mike Huckabee– Dr. Ben Carson– Ted Cruz– Marco Rubio– Chris Christie– Rand Paul
The Republicans
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Donald Trump• Unlike the other Republican
candidates, Trump is opposed to any Social Security cuts
• He wants to eliminate waste (improper payments)
• Intends to find ways to increase Social Security’s income other than cutting benefits
Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Jeb Bush
• Bush is in favor of increasing the normal retirement age to 68 or even 70
• He is also open to cutting SS benefits for the wealthy
• Ideally, he is in favor of privatization, but acknowledges that it will be a tough sell
Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Scott Walker
• Walker is yet to speak extensively on Social Security, but has said the system needs “significant reforms”
• In the past, he has said that entitlement programs should be cutPhoto: Michael Vadon
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Mike Huckabee• Huckabee believes the
funding method (payroll tax) is less than ideal, and wants to explore other methods of funding Social Security
• He also wants to see additional options for benefits, such as the ability of a retiree to receive a lump sum, rather than a lifetime of payments Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Dr. Ben Carson• Carson is a proponent
of gradually increasing the retirement age
• Believes Social Security should be a supplemental program, and stresses personal responsibility for retirement savings
Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Ted Cruz
• In addition to gradually increasing the retirement age, Cruz also wants to cap the growth rate of Social Security payments (cost-of-living increases)
• He is also in favor of some form of privatization
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Marco Rubio
• Rubio is yet to unveil a specific plan, but says that the younger generations need to accept that the Social Security system they experience will be much different than their parents
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Chris Christie• Christie has one of the most
specific and ambitious Social Security plans of any candidate thus far
• He intends to cut benefits for seniors who earn more than $80,000 per year, and eliminate benefits altogether for those earning more than $200,000
• He also wants to gradually increase the full retirement age to 69, and the early retirement age to 64 Photo: Michael Vadon
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Rand Paul• Paul wants to preserve
the current level of benefits for retirees and near-retirees
• For younger Americans, Paul supports gradually increasing the retirement age and means-testing yearly earnings
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